Safe.



No. 843,272. JATENTBD FEB. 5. 1907.

' W, 0. HATTERSLEY.

SAFE. v

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1906.

To will whom it may concern:

latter one is provided within this opening,

, these connecting and closing means thereon metal.

UNITED srAirnsi -rnrnnr OFFICE.

WILL O. HATTERSLEY, OF N ORWOOD, OIIIO, ASSIGN OR TO VICTOR SAFE &.

LOCK 00., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SAFE. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed Ntvember 2. .1906- Serial Nb. 341,697.

N0; 843,272. Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Be it known that I, WILL O. HATTERSLEY,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at door.

a central vertical section of the detached Fig. 3 shows the side nearest the Norwood, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, door-body of that part of the screw connechave invented certain new and useful Imtion which after attached to the door forms provements in Safes; and do declare the I a constituent part of the same. Fig. 4 is a following to be a clear, full, and exact deside view of this part shown in the preceding scription of the invention, attention being figure. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the called to the accompanying drawings, with door-body, showing that side of it which rethe reference characters marked thereon,

ceives the screw part shown in Figs. 3 and 4. whichform also a part of this specification. Fig. 6 shows in a central section both these This invention relates to improvements in parts placed together for final connection. safes of the kind where a circular rotary door is held in place within the corresponding opening for it in the safe-body by closing means constituting a screw connection, and of the two complementary parts, of which modified form of the part shown in said figure.

In the drawings,'- 10 indicates the bod of the safe of conventional shape. llisthe oor opening in the front 12 of the same. 13 is the body of the door, of nonmachineab1e metal-like manganese steel, for instance. The door is held in place within this opening while the other is on the door.

It relates, further, to such doors. where the body of this latter is of a metal different from the metal of the closing means, meaning thereby the screw connection provided thereonas, for instance, in safes where such of which part 14 forms a constituent part 0 body is of nonqnachineable metal-while the door, it being substantially the male screw, and is fitted to be received by the other complementary part 15, constituting the female thread, which is provided within the door-opening of the safe-body. The particular manner of. forming this i'cmale thread is immaterial for present purposes and ,does not concern this invention. The manipulation and treatment for construction and formation of each of these two constitunt parts 13 and 14 of the door being difl'erent in each case, it is necessary. that each be produced separately, after which they are firmly and permanently connected to each other to form the door complete. This final connection of these two parts constitutes the substance of.my invention. One of these parts consists of a circular member or ring A, around the edge of which part 14 in order to permit their construction and for mationare necessarily of a meta workable by'tools.

The invention consists of the construction of such-a door, and particularly of the means and manner whereby the closing means rovided for it are connected to the body of the same.

The invention is illustrated in connection with a safe having a circular door which is made of non-machineable metal-like manganese cast-steel, for instanceand which is provided with the com lementary part of a screw connection, whic part is of workable In the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof, is found a full description of my invention, together with its parts and manner of construction, which latteris also illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side eleyation of a safe-body, partly in section, the line of which is taken through the door-opening therein. The door, appearing in edge view, is shown in osition within this opening, in which it is eld by is axially extended, as best shown in Fig. 4, forming a neck16. This neck is provided at its outer edge with laterallypro iecting spaced lugs 17, which may be radia ly arranged as shown. Door-body 13'has a recess 18 on its inner side of a size sufficient to receive this neck, together with the lugs projecting therefrom. From the wall of this recess there project inwardlythat is, into Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4 and shows a 11 for it by means of a screw connection, which consists of two complementary parts of the screw is formed and which on one side itlugs 19, arranged and spaced similar to l thread or by interlocking complementary lugs 17. Threads 14 being cut into the edge of part A and the spaces between these lugs on one part being so arranged that the lugs of the other part may be passed in between them, the two parts of the door are now placed in aposition, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and then rought together, as shown in 6, so that the lugs on one pass in between t 1 the other, after which part A is given a limited rotary shift sufficient to cause lugs 17 on it to pass under lugs 19,.as shown in Fig.

2, whereby the two parts of the door become It is now only necessary Z to provide means to hold them in such positionthat is, to prevent them from turning i one on the other in a manner which might cause the interlocked lugs to become. disfirmly interlocked.

engaged. One way of doing this is shown in F ig. 2, where, member A being in form of a ring or provided with a central perforation 21, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, molten metal, 5 iron, or lead, for instance, is poured into this 3 central space, from which, passing through lateral outlets 22, it also passes in between the lugs, thus filling all spaces and interstices between the two parts of the door, i

thereby transforming this latter practically into one integral solidly metallic structure.

This molten-metal filling is shown at 23 in Fig. 2. Bolts 24 may be used in additionto. this filling, passing through openings 25 in the door-body.

softthat i's, machineable-metal provided for during the casting fpfpnrt 13. these two means -(23'and 24) may be used alone or both together.

- The construction shown in Fig. .7 is modilied tothe extent that the metal of neck 16 and betv'veer lugs Z is omittc zl. This manner of connecting that par? of the closing .means of a sale which s provided on the l or, whi'le illustrated as applied to a round safe-door and to onc which is held closed by l means of a screw connection, is of course also applicable to doors held closed by other meansas, for instance, by a mutilated e spaces of Either of 3 lugs similar to those illustrated. i Having described my invention, I claim 1 as new v I. A door for a screw-doorsafe provided on it's under side with a recess, a screw-ring having on its side a laterally-projecting neck adapted to occupy this recess, spaced lugs projecting fromthis neck, lugs projecting into the recess on the door, and arranged l complementary to the spaces between the 3 lugs on the neck, so that these lugs may also enter the recess mentioned, and thereafter engage the lugs within the rccess by being passed under the same, and means to hold these lugs in such engagement.

2. A door for a screw-door safe provided on its inner side with a recess, a screw-ring having on its side a laterally-projecting neck adapted to occupy this recess, complementary spaced lugs on the neck of the screwring and within the recess of the door which lugs are adapted to engage each other, and a filling of metal applied in molten state to fill all spaces between the door and the part of the screw-ring occupying the recess therein and between the engaged lugs to hold these latter in. position. v A door for a screw-door safe provided 5 on its inner side with a recess, a screw-rin having on its side a laterally-projecting nec adapted to occupy this recess, complementhe screw-ring and entering tap-holes 26 in 2 The drilling'and tapping-of these holes is made possible by inserts 27 of 5 tary-spacedlugs on the neck of the screwing of metal applied in molten state to fill all spaces between the door and the part of the j screw-ring occupying the recess therein and between the engaged lugs to hold these latter in position, and )olts seated in the screwring and the door-bodyto prevent disengagement of the interlocked lugs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILL O. HATTERSLEY.

Witnesses: C. SPENGEL, i T. LE BEAU.

ring and within the recess of the door-which lugs are adapted to engage each other, a fill- 1 s 

